Sheet-metal ceiling-molding



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1?. G. CALDWELL.

SHEET METAL CEILING MOLDING.

No. 440,007. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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FRANK G. CALDWVELL, OF WHEELING, VEST VIRGINIA.

SHEET-METAL CEILING-MOLDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,007, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed June 25, 1890 Serial No. 366 ,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK G. CALDWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Ceiling- Moldings, of which the following is a specification.

In constructing ceilings with metallic panelssuch as described in the Letters Patent No. 409,916, issued to me August 27, 1889-it is desirable to apply sheet-metal moldings to the adjoining side bars or pieces of the wooden frames containing the metallic sheets; but this is difficult, laborious, and expensive, from the fact that after ordinary moldings are applied it is essential to separately nail independent ornaments over the intersecting or joining ends of the moldings. The nails passing through the ornamental pieces mar or deface the latter, and this is very objectionable, while in applying independent ornaments in overhead work, as in the ceilings alluded to, it is exceedingly difiicult to place them in correct alignment and properly drive the attaching-nails.

The present invention has for its objects to avoid the objections mentioned, to provide a new and improved molding especially adapted to the ceiling-panels described in my patent referred to herein, to avoid nailing independent ornaments over the joining ends of the moldings, to economize in the completion of the ceilings, to reduce the time and labor involved in applying the moldings and ornaments, to produce superior and more artistic work, and to provide a more desirable ceiling by avoiding perforations in the ornaments which cover and conceal the moldingjoints. To accomplish all these objects, my invention involves the features of construction, the combination or arrangement of devices, and the principles of operation hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1.is a plan View of a portion of the sheet-metal-molding blank. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank shaped into a molding prior to embossing the rosette. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same, showing the completed rosette. Fig. 4 is a perspective view on a reduced scale, showing the manner of applying the moldings.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, where- The numeral 1 indicates the molding-blank cut from a sheet of metal, with a square tongue-piece 2 formed integral with and extending centrally from one end. The sides of this blank are by proper bending machinery turned at right angles to the body of the blank and stand parallel, orapproximatelyso, to each other to form side flanges or wings 3, as in Fig. 2, leaving the tongue-piece projecting in the same plane as the body or wall that connects the flanges or wings. This shaped blank is then arranged in proper relation to the dies of an embossing or orna menting machine to emboss or ornament the tongue piece, and thereby produce a rosette 4, as shown in Fig. 3. The body of the mold ing may also be embossed or ornamented between the side flanges or wings to produce an ornamental structure throughout its length.

By striking up or stamping the rosette integral with the molding the cost of production is materially reduced and the rosettes do not require separate attaching-nails.

The side flanges or wings constitute a channeled or trough-shaped molding integral with an ornamental rosette, and this molding can be applied to embrace and closely fit the side bars or pieces of the wooden frames which contain the metal sheets, as in my patent before alluded to.

In Fig. 4 I have indicated one manner of applying the sheet-metal moldings, and on reference to the figure it will be seen that the side flanges or wings serve for the passage of nails or other fastenings to attach the moldings, While the ornamental rosette of one molding-section overlies the end of the ad joining molding-section, whereby the intersections or joints of the moldings are ornamented by rosettes which do not require to be perforated by attaching-nails. By this construction I avoid nailing on independent ornaments at the intersecting or joining ends of moldings, and also avoid the skill and care required to properly align separate ornaments at the ends of moldings in overhead Work,

jecting flanges, as at 5, the object being to secure a close fit of the rosette on the adjacent molding or frame.

side bar of a ceiling-panel and with an ornamental rosette projecting longitudinally from one end beyond the terminations of the side attaching-flanges to extend across the end of another molding on the panel-frame, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a sheet-metal molding struck or stamped up with side attaching-flanges to embrace the FRANK G. CALDWELL.

WVitnesses:

- 'T. A. LITTLE,

W. F. PETERSON. 

